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Doctoral oral exams for June 11-15

The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:

Edward Szado, Ph.D., Management. Monday, June 11, 11 a.m., 112 Isenberg School of Management. Dissertation: "Issues in Commodity Hedging and Speculation." Thomas Schneeweis, chr.

Tiffany Berg, Ph.D., Chemistry. Monday, June 11, 1 p.m., 211 Lederle Graduate Research Tower. Dissertation: "Determination and Speciation of Arsenic in Environmental and Biological Samples." Julian Tyson, chr.

Charalampos Konstantinidis, Ph.D., Economics. Monday, June 11, 2 p.m., 919 Thompson Hall. Dissertation: "Organic Farming and Rural Transformations in the European Union: A Political Economy Approach." James Boyce and Mwangi wa Githinji, co-chrs.

Shawn Trivette, Ph.D., Sociology. Tuesday, June 12, 10 a.m., W-32 Machmer. Dissertation: "Understanding Locally-Oriented Farm-to-Vendor Food Systems: Boundaries, Power-Relations, and Access." Joya Misra, chr.

Khursheed Wani, Ph.D., Molecular and Cellular Biology. Tuesday, June 12, 3:30 p.m., 221 Integrated Sciences Building. Dissertation: "Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Dopamine Signaling in C. elegans." Daniel Chase, chr.

Hyun Suk Kim, Ph.D., Polymer Science and Engineering. Wednesday, June 13, 9 a.m., A110/A111 Conte Polymer Science Building. Dissertation: "Macroscopic Patterning via Dynamic Self-assembly and Wrinkling Instability." Alfred Crosby, chr.

Jorge Salazar, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering. Wednesday, June 13, 10 a.m., 109 Knowles Engineering Building (Conference Room). Dissertation: "The Feasibility of Low-Cost, Dual-Polarized, Phase-Tilt Antenna Arrays for Dense Radar Networks." David McLaughlin, chr.

Atikorn Panya, Ph.D., Food Science. Wednesday, June 13, 2 p.m., 210A Chenoweth Lab. Dissertation: "Strategies to Improve the Performance of Antioxidants." Eric Decker, chr.

Jennifer Baird, Ph.D., Kinesiology. Thursday, June 14, 1 p.m., 1634 Lederle Graduate Research Tower (Math Lounge). Dissertation: "The Role of the Upper Body in Human Locomotion." Richard Van Emmerik, chr.

Angela Pazzaglia, Ph.D., Psychology. Friday, June 15, 1 p.m., 423 Tobin. Dissertation: "SAC Attack: Assessing the Role of Recollection in the Mirror Effect." Caren Rotello, chr.

June 3, 2012.

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